Ferrari F430 Spider

[mwstewart]

Beedub said:

what a thread!! what a car!! building something truly special!

Cheers!

berksboy26 said:

Hi Mark,
Here you go and further to my first post a few pics of the gold wheels (well 2 of 4) now fitted to my F430.Excuse the low winter sun and strange colour temp from fluorescent lighting but I am quite pleased with the results - I just need to change the wheel centre caps to red as yellow with silver is fine but IMO looks awful with gold.Its a listed Ferrari paint and not so different from the more rose gold of the 458 Speciale option wheel.
Whilst off I have removed the handbrake calipers to spray and match to the main brakes and whilst the paint is listed as Ferrari Rosso Corsa caliper paint it doesn't quite match.
Would you know if the OEM is Rosso Corsa powdercoat,2 part or a caliper option of same? Once decals/stencils are applied are they then clear coat lacqued? What are your views on using low temp paint on the handbrake calipers given that they don't run at such high temps.
ATB
Alan

Hi Alan,
That didn't take you long. It looks to be a good finish on the wheels too.

The calipers are powder coated and I would be quite surprised if Ferrari had commissioned their own colour, but I suppose it's possible. I'm going to have my CCM calipers coated in a RAL colour that's as close to OEM as I can find http://www.bristolmotorcyclepowdercoating.co.uk/do... - I think either Traffic Red or Flame Red is closest.

Coated:


In the past I've painted brake calipers with basecoat and lacquer and never had a problem with cracking or even yellowing of the lacquer, so you will be fine panting the handbrake calipers. Did you lacquer them? The colour looks like it will darken slightly with a coat of lacquer and may match better, but as it is they look pretty close.

Thanks,
Mark

[mikees]

Great thread and car mark. Can you tell what the ground clearance is like? I'd love one of these but suspect it might not get on my drive!

If you ever get out to bucks give me a shout if you could help me try? :-)

Cheers
Mike

Ps currently have a vantage which can ground if at the wrong angle.

[mwstewart]

mikees said:

Great thread and car mark. Can you tell what the ground clearance is like? I'd love one of these but suspect it might not get on my drive!

If you ever get out to bucks give me a shout if you could help me try? :-)

Cheers
Mike

Ps currently have a vantage which can ground if at the wrong angle.

Thanks Mike. The suspension is adjustable with a £30 C spanner http://www.hillengineering.co.uk/catalog/lns02-p-2... - most people go lower but some raise the car for dealing with situations such as yours.

Mark

[berksboy26]

mwstewart said:

Hi Alan,
That didn't take you long. It looks to be a good finish on the wheels too.

The calipers are powder coated and I would be quite surprised if Ferrari had commissioned their own colour, but I suppose it's possible. I'm going to have my CCM calipers coated in a RAL colour that's as close to OEM as I can find http://www.bristolmotorcyclepowdercoating.co.uk/do... - I think either Traffic Red or Flame Red is closest.

Coated:


In the past I've painted brake calipers with basecoat and lacquer and never had a problem with cracking or even yellowing of the lacquer, so you will be fine panting the handbrake calipers. Did you lacquer them? The colour looks like it will darken slightly with a coat of lacquer and may match better, but as it is they look pretty close.

Thanks,
Mark

Thanks very much for all that useful information.I haven't lacquered them and that may well be the answer.
The N/S wheels go in tomorrow and I shall ask to look at their RAL colour chart for a possible better match - they should have a reasonable idea as they do lots of crash repairs for Maranello Egham in the home counties.
ATB
Alan

[mwstewart]

No problem, Alan.

[mwstewart]

I've decided to stick with the 16M wheels but repainted silver.

My stock wheels are now for sale: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/-/262158388381?

[dom9]

Saw these and thought of this thread:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-UNUSED-GENUINE-Ferra...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-Ferrari-F430-Carbon-...

[mwstewart]

I've seen those, such a bargain. It's a shame that Ferrari never made them for the Spider.

[mwstewart]

16M/Scuderia Front Anti-Roll Bar
This has arrived. Previously I said:

mwstewart said:

The front bar is too thin to be hollow and retain strength - unlike the Scuderia specific rear bar - so like the Mk2 Scuderia springs I expect it to be made from titanium. I know what to expect with Ferrari prices now and placing economies of scale aside i.e. less Scuderia’s made hence more expensive parts, the price difference between the Scuderia bar and the regular front bar is too great for a change in diameter alone, but I will confirm material in due course.

I was wrong. It's a steel bar and at 18mm is 1mm smaller in diameter than the 19mm standard F430 bar. It's not titainium, it's just a rip-off Despite the cost I wouldn't think of leaving it out as it's part of the Scuderia handling package.

CCM Servo and Master Cylinder
HR Owen Ferrari were selling a new servo at a good price, so I bought it. From what I can tell it's a 23mm bore master cylinder.



Challenge Exhaust
I cleaned up the exhaust and compared it to the Scuderia rear bumper, and the challenge tailpipes are approx 100mm narrower. I'm going to send it away to be modified and ceramic coated.

[anonymous-user]

mwstewart said:

Challenge Exhaust
I'm going to send it away to be modified and ceramic coated.

This might want to be your first mod:




;-)

[mwstewart]

Max_Torque said:

This might want to be your first mod:




;-)

Thanks, yes, the exhaust produces some serious heat I may get the cats done as well; are there any considerations/reasons not to?

[thebraketester]

Isnt heat wrap more effective than ceramic coat?

[snobetter]

Max_Torque said:

mwstewart said:

Challenge Exhaust
I'm going to send it away to be modified and ceramic coated.

This might want to be your first mod:




;-)

Like what you did there.

[mwstewart]

thebraketester said:

Isnt heat wrap more effective than ceramic coat?

No, it isn't: http://www.zircotec.com/page/--performance-of-exha...

[mwstewart]

snobetter said:

Max_Torque said:

mwstewart said:

Challenge Exhaust
I'm going to send it away to be modified and ceramic coated.

This might want to be your first mod:




;-)

Like what you did there.

Ahh, there's an image! It's blocked at work so I didn't see it. Will check later

[thebraketester]

mwstewart said:

thebraketester said:

Isnt heat wrap more effective than ceramic coat?

No, it isn't: http://www.zircotec.com/page/--performance-of-exha...

Cool. I had my exhaust tips ceramic coated and I cant say it seems very resilient... maybe it was a crap place If its hidden I dont suppose it matters if it flakes a bit

[mwstewart]

Max_Torque said:

This might want to be your first mod:




;-)

Nicely done

[sealtt]

Max_Torque said:

This might want to be your first mod:




;-)

Haha, very good. The editing was so well done that it took me a minute to realise you had made a change!

[AyBee]

sealtt said:

Max_Torque said:

This might want to be your first mod:




;-)

Haha, very good. The editing was so well done that it took me a minute to realise you had made a change!

It's taken you mentioning editing for me to realise what was different

[mwstewart]

It's paint time. Looking forward to the results!

Edited by mwstewart on Tuesday 15th March 12:28